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as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 05/23/2017 09:36am

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A bill for an act
 relating to environment; prioritizing bus upgrades to areas with poor air quality;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

[116.063] PRIORITIZATION OF AIR QUALITY INVESTMENTS;
BUSES.

(a) The Metropolitan Council must deploy buses with the lowest air emissions in areas
with poor air quality.

(b) For the purposes of this section, "poor air quality" means:

(1) ambient air levels of total suspended particulates, particulate matter less than ten
microns wide (PM-10), particulate matter less than 2.5 microns wide (PM-2.5), sulfur
dioxide, or nitrogen dioxide, as revealed by air monitoring data, that approach or exceed
state or federal air quality standards or chronic health inhalation risk benchmarks; or

(2) levels of asthma among children that significantly exceed the statewide average.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

This section is effective the day following final enactment.